THE GARB OF OLD GOAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1431, 14 December 1886, Page 3

THE GARB OF OLD GOAL.

For a long time, ever, in fact, since the local Caledonian Society c me into essence, Highlanders in the county have experienced great difficulty In pr curingsorae of the erssn'iais of the highland oouaiurae except at the ransom a private individual has to pay when he ees .ys the task of importing goods for himself. This fact areally militated against the number of Highland costumes inoreasl g among the Hooie-v members. In these days, however, of woollan factories, that can turn out clan tartans superior to he average and quite equal to tho best made in Scotland, it only required the enterprise of s >me merchant to introduce the accessories to the Highland costume which have not yet become articles of local manufacture. Mr Andrew Orr with bis usual pluck, when the want was pointed out to him nt once stepped into the breach and ordered a consignment from the great Highland centre. They arrived last week and are now displayed in his winde r. The consignment consisted of a number of as handsome “sporran mhollach as ever graced the tartan of a clansman. These sporrans are handsomely mounted in silver, and the very cheap ■ t of them are better than what has hlherto been imported. Several of the higher priced have already been bought and will be worn on the occasion of the sport" meeting on Boxing Day Amongst tho consignment are to be seen also a number of clan hose —the Mao Lean, the Campbell, the Bob Roy, and others —and a number of handsome Tam o* Shanters, the genuine “bonnet of bine.’’ I? any Highland costume in the district is still incomplete, it will be well for its owner to at once communicate wither visit Mr Andrew Orr. We are given to understand that another consignment is cn the way comprising h >se, bonnets, etc , for boys, as well as several gross of Highland diamond-shaoed doublet buttons, so much valued by Highlanders, yet so difficult to obtsin in the colonies. A handsome dirk and a skeai dhu, beaut.fully mounted in silver and sewith cairngorm stones, the “ Scotch topsz,” are displayed in the Southern window, and are a sight worth looking at These handsome weapons have b? come the property of the Society’s piper, Mr A. McKay.